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The EFL wont want to start a precedent so expect them to ask Rovers to commit to investing and installing a new modern football pitch. Drainage from the pitch is the problem cos it was drainage much even in the first half

I'm abolishing this shite from my Sunday too many weekends of late been taken up by my murmurings about us being a laughing stock. VENKYS OUT PASHA OUT

yep and our players basically suffer- it’s not fair for them to play more minutes than other teams, more risk of injury etc

We are more likely to be deducted the points. It is our clubs fault.

Can we please not have this descend into an arguement of which game was wetter? Both were called off by a professional, that's the long and short of it.

I don't remember these games bit what I will say is if the conditions be sticky mud SO BE IT! That's part of the fun. Snow I can call off but rain ought to be played through

On the game, thought we deserved to be winning but we weren't comfortable. Scored a good goal.

Infuriating from our lot,nothing but silence. WFT is going on?

Rochdale set to move home games to rebuild pitch And that's a fan owned club in the National League, who had major financial problems less than 2 years ago. Not a Championship club with alleged billionaire owners

The ball was stopping more central then the Ipswich game were that part of the pitch seem better. Also felt the rain was more heavy yesterday than Ipswich game. Just after abandonment the weather was much worse than the Ipswich game.

Add it to the list of things you know because of the Venkys.

Physically absolutely not, but I'd expect between him and the club they would know how many times a year Ewood Park is not fit for a match. I would expect this is recorded by the groundsman/ club and when challenged by the EFL I would want tough questions asked as to why no money out of the considerable funds the EFL give to the club is being spent on making the pitch playable in heavy rain.

Being unable to fulfil a fixture is punishable by the EFL. We’ve now been unable to fulfil two.

My thoughts… https://www.brfcs.com/articles/500-words-on-rain-and-the-pennines

On the plus side, rarely have I felt as well-informed about drainage, so there is that…👀

Also the factor of 48 games and counting to collect yellow cards in probably contributing to one or two additional suspensions. Wouldn't like to bet on yesterday being the last second half abandonment.

Salah's form this form has been awful and rightly dropped from the team. Others have been similar.. Liverpool shouldn't have renewed Salah given his age but also wages. Also they didn't strengthen their team squad in the summer. No long term Salah replacement signed, no centre back if not 2 signed, no number 6(defensive midfielder) signed either. Also Slot has changed his tactics with more tippy tappy football and less long balls. Also they dont press as much as under Klopp. Also why wont Slot start or bring on Chiesa earlier? Losing TAA has impact how they played but also not having him in the dressing room

In the sixties, by this time in the season the majority of the pitch was just mud with the only grass tending to be on the wings. Thanks for putting that video up. Remember that season well as we were relegated from the First Division whilst reaching the quarter final of the FA Cup. All season folk said we were far too good to go down - and we really shouldn't have - but we managed to get relegated with a record low points total at the time, just 20 points.

I didn't say it would resolve it but would help to a point.

Exactly. Wasted our day. The travel the expense, then expect people to pay again to go down there. Not this time.

Catches win matches.

Water will still get in it and back it up due to water volume etc just because its pointing downstream still won't solve the issue.

No expertise beyond GCSE physics, but I suppose the water is now channeled to where the river runs faster?! Rather than slower moving in the wider part where the wall is. However it doesn't resolve the primary issue which seems to be how slow the immediate drainage from the pitch is, or when the river level reaches the outlet height

Aside from nothing else we wake up this morning talking about this shite again, instead of being 3 points better off and wondering if Ohashi will kick on, etc. Literally robbing us of our football.

This isn't the groundsman fault.